Biography

Mock holds a B.A. in History from the University of North Dakota. His professional experience includes working as the executive director of the Third Street Clinic and as a founding partner of Cadre Consulting Group.[1]

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Mock served on the following committees:

Campaign donors

Comprehensive donor information for Mock is available dating back to 2008. Based on available campaign finance records, Mock raised a total of $149,011 during that time period. This information was last updated on May 29, 2013.[5]

Scorecards

Legislative scorecards are used to evaluate elected public officials based on voting record. Some scorecards are created by political advocacy groups with a focus on specific issues, while others are developed by newspapers and are broad in scope. Scorecards are meant to be used as a tool for voters to have a quick picture of whether their views align with a particular legislator's record.

Because scorecards can be specific to particular issues or general to a state’s legislative term, for example, each report should be considered on its own merits. Each entity that publishes these reports uses different methodologies and definitions for the terms used.

NDPC: North Dakota Legislative Review

The North Dakota Policy Council, a North Dakota-based nonprofit research organization which describes itself as "liberty-based", published the North Dakota Legislative Review, a comprehensive report on how state legislators voted during the 2011 legislative session. The scorecard seeks to show how North Dakota legislators voted on the principles the Council seeks to promote. The Council recorded and scored votes on both spending bills and policy bills, and awarded points accordingly. Policy issues voted upon included income tax cuts, pension reform, and government transparency. On spending legislation, the Council accorded a percentage score based on how much spending the legislator voted against. On policy legislation, scores range from the highest score (100%) to the lowest (0%). A higher score indicates that the legislator voted more in favor of the values supported by the Council.[7]
Mock received a score of 25.30% on policy legislation and voted against 2.97% of state spending. Mock was ranked 72nd on policy and 67th on spending, out of 94 House members evaluated for the study.[8]